A Hong Kong coffee machine start-up and winner of a government-backed award has come under fire from its crowd funding backers for delays and lack of updates.
Arist, a coffee machine developed by Nbition Development Limited, raised more than US$850,000 through crowdfunding site Kickstarter but production delays for the machine promising barista-standard coffee have sparked a backlash from backers.
Backers said they were suspicious of the company’s failure to produce a video showing the machine in action as proof of its capabilities, while the company said it had produced two videos to backers’ specifications.
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